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Product Marketing at Fire TV (Smart TVs) at Amazon
Short answer - Get a good project manager on your team :)
But I understand you don't always have the luxury to get a proj. mgr for a product launch. In some cases, for bigger launches, I have asked for a shared proj. manager from another team (especially the product team). If nothing - you basically have to wear two hats. I find it very hard and time-consuming because it takes me away from my PMM work, but it is a key role and someone has to do it diligently. I also use proj. management tools, don't have a preference here (asana, jira,...whatever rocks your boat)
Director of Product Management, Speech and Video AI at Cisco
Launches are like project plans. If you look at Engineering release plans,
similar approach. We followed typical checklist - working backwards from launch
d-day to the details of - web, content, PR, AR briefings etc. There is no easier
way to do it, apart from a checklist so you don't drop packet.
Research all should be done before messaging.
Launch strategy - samething, - what is the objective, is this a new category or
existing, but new product.
Get the above all done and then build checklist. Just focused execution after
that. Rallying the troops - marketing, sales, even partne...more
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Senior Director, Product Marketing at Salesforce
Tiering and t-shirt sizing a launch should be based on "how impactful is this to
my customer and the company?" If it's a brand new product suite, a new offering
in the market either for the company or the space, or a material
investment/improvement from what exists today--that's a Tier 1, full-court press
(whatever that means for your company!)
Moderate improvements, new SKUs, bigger features that are exciting but not
totally new and different for the company are the market are more medium-Tier
launches.
Smaller features and incremental updates can be covered in release marketing
only, m...more
Product Marketing Director at Blue Yonder
I have used a number of applications in the past to project manage product launches. You can use Trello, Kapost, or even Excel.
The key to driving sucess is alignment across marketing groups and other teams. I set up weekly meetings where we go over set agenda items and deliverables. Frequently touching base with team members allows you as the launch manager to find out if there are bottlenecks that will affect the launch.
CEO at Product School
I don't think there is one tool that will necessarily make launches "easy", but
I certainly agree with Nina that alligment is fundemental towards the success of
a launch.
I have found that daily all-hands meetings with the leader of departments can be
very successful in keeping everything flowing smoothly. While some may argue
that this takes too much time, having the peace of mind on a daily basis that
everyone is covering their bases will give you the opportunity to focus on
strategy and other components of the launch.
Additionally, I always have been an advocate for transparent a...more
Group Manager, Engagement & Retention Campaigns at Adobe
Ideally, it's a combination of the GM, product management and product marketing. The GM would set the overall business goals for the year or quarter including revenue. The PM often drives the product launch adoption and revenue goals for that product. PMM often builds the plan with the metrics to help back into those goals.
The important thing is that if you see a gap, make sure that someone is owning all of these goals, otherwise, it will be meaningless to have launch metrics.
GM & SVP Product Growth at New Relic
I am a big fan of drumbeats. People are busy and it's easy to miss one
large product announcement and even if your audience sees the announcement, it's
easy to forget about it.
My favorite packaging approach is to have a broad theme ([your service] keeps
getting better, a commitment to security or performance, helping your audience
do something better, faster, cheaper...) and then announce each small
enhancement as it comes.
Say you have 5 small enhancements over 12-15 weeks. Start with announcing
the first enhancement on your blog/email/social channels as part of a broader
theme. ...more
Director of Product Marketing at Pendo.io
I think you’re asking if it’s behind a pay wall and not just a free product? If that’s the case, you need material (video!) that can act as a demo, people want to see product, not just read about it. Salespeople who can give great demos and free trials are often a really effective a launch tool.
Head of Global Product Marketing at Airbnb
Great question. Post-launch is the most underrated parts of the cycle.
You've spent months aiming the rocketship, putting fuel in the tank and blasting
off - now you've got to steer. Let's break it down into three steps:
1) ANALYZE
The first thing is to immediately begin watching not just usage of the product,
but which parts of the product. How are people interacting with your features?
Where are they dropping off? Where are they spending their time? This will give
you context and clarity to move onto step two.
2) PLAN
Now that you know where your hypothesis was roughly right or ...more
Head of Portfolio & Engagement Product Marketing at Airtable
Enablement is one of the most critical and often most difficult parts of the
launch. The key to remember is that, usually, the product launch is just part of
the overall sales process, and you need to treat your enablement as such. Very
rarely will a customer-facing team drop everything for a new product line, you
need to fit it into their existing flow. Here are some practices I use:
* Timing is everything: This sounds stupid but it’s so key. If you’re trying to
train a team during the last week of the quarter, you’ll get very poor
participation and engagement rates. At Airtable, w...more